The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1900, Page 1

4\ STATE _ ) The Call, VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. 137, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900. PRICE FIVE C E):TS. BOERS REPULSE COMBINED ATTACKS NEAR MAFEKING —_— In the Engagements Twenty of Colonel Plumer’s Men Are Found Dead on the Field, and a Batch of Officers Made Prisoners. TORIA, ) PRE an and nine officers, ed acr & e L patch from 1feking. athlabama. the field and six others and McLaren (Cr o0ss the border this morning. . orenso Marques Both attacks were were made —In the fight of Ramathlabama the following twere » and Duncan-Robatson ha of whom six were wounded. Thaba Nchu is mow in possession of the Federals. Forty-one e e e S S S o—oom@f&@—*@—»?»*—@fl»r@—o—efl%@w—@. | D R e e . @ ° D - B-G-0®-P -S- Dt @-» *d-o-G-o new military prison British prisoner - the -6 >+ * >0+ 000400000 Sh ays sharp fighting occurred on The garrison made a sortic while Colonel Plumer's d. prisoners. wenty of Colonel The Federal repu taken prisoners: since died); Staff The prisoners all belonged to BRITISH DELAY GIVES BOERS TIME TO RECUPERATE. BOERS CAPTURED IMPORTANT PAPERS removed the officer e cart ugh. This pr eated several times until the ch and the ruse a disorderly fig were two office: t de Wett shouted d, whe dead, ref 1 was immediately s! hree men killed and field cornet = Dutch mil ived a Bullet the Boers cap oughout the 4 battie must not be a force of nd withput ess he F T ce re now de- f marching on Bloemfontein, and are anxious to e Tr 1 officers t ses of their allies. Boer forces have now es with the main Boer arge force of eater importa even was the capture of pers, including maps and % and ing elab- the invasion of the d Transvaal and for reaching Johannesburg feking along Dr. Jameson's to avoid his mis- plan for the n to Kroonstadt. urg, Priteka and of -Post ‘con- signed the Free surrendered The signers t for in order that the gen- the invalidity of oaths under compulsion. The burghers, who were previously sbort of food, now have plenty. Com- veterans. | d no news yi andard’s rep: ing his forces iard against a » preparat the British cam for the army. to the wa as les the Boers to recover from t to retard th a are concerned repairs are being made the British shrapnel and lyddit 0 have got within = f this month Colonel Pl } mandant de Wett sent the British guns, wagons and prisoners to Winburg. PLUMER MADE SOME and little was there is Ladysmith says that the Boer investing po: x miles of Mafeking, it ner will be reinforced: lowed to come through from the at the Boers intend taking ack, which, although im- rts, Office is being severely cen- Lord Roberts h difficulties e the statement cabled home here at the unaccountable de- on caused by Lord Rob- threatening the railway behind d Elands Laagte. idea, so tions reveal immense strength, rom Ladysmith to the Daily . If it spreads, is likely to of the Free State forces. nt that the seige had not troops now going by way of ness was changed to bright daylight and |’a Dutchman looked over the trucks. For hours we did not move and were cramped | @nd stifled by the heat. The following VERY RAPID MARCHES GABERONES, Bechuanaland, Wednes- day, March 28—Colonel Plumer, with a force of Britishy mounted infantry, started ing mgrch Sunday, March 25, with ct of threatening the Boer lines of After two rapid night Transyaal territory they March 27 within twelve of Zeerust and distinctly heard the mbardment of Mafeking. Having rec- itered the country with the view of operations without sighting a sin- white man, Colonel Plumer crossed firoad south of Lobatsi, which he in possession of a Boer force, and finding the raflroad hence ed by General Snyman’s main force of Mafeking. rs reache here that a relief column ching Mafeking from the south. ADVENTURES OF TWO ESCAPED BRITISH OFFICERS LONDON, April 5—Further details received from Lorenzo Marques in regard t6 Captain Haldane of the Gordon High- landers and Lieutenant Le Mesuerier of the Dublin Fusiliers, who ‘recently ar- rived, after escaping from Pretoria, en- countering perilous adventures on the way, show that their experiences were similar to those of Winston Churchill, the war correspondent who also escaped from Pretorfa in December last. Hiding in swamps during the day time, having nar- row escapes from Boer patrols and tra- versing 100 miles of country, Captain Hal- dane and Lieutenant Le Mesuerfer at Jength reached Waterval Cover, in the South African republic, where they hid in an open railroad car, covered with tarpau- lins. Continuing the narrative of their ex- perfences, Haldane said: “At daybreak, to our delight, the train moved off. After eight hours we arrived at Koomatipoort, but were dismayed by the switching of our truck to a siding, while the remainder of the train moved on into the promised land, only a mile dis- tant. - After half an hour, to our great ona the 0 communication. hes through rrived at dawn | consternation, we heard some one unfas- ten the tarpaulin of the truck, the dark- | morning to our intense delight the truck was coupled to a goods train and we soon crossed the line into Portuguese terrl- tory Captain Haldane added that he and Lieutenant Le Mesuerier hoped soon to Join their regiments and face the Boers again. The two officers show traces of the hardships they have endured, their long hair and unshaven faces being particular- 1y noticeable. INCIDENTS OF THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING MAFEKING, March 23.—There has been little excitement during the past week. The Boer shiell fire comes in fitful gusts | and has little effect. : The British casual- ties are almost nil. The Boers seem to be breaking up their main laager west- ward, but have taken up an intrenched position northward with the view of pre- venting the approach of reiief. The sharpshooters keep up a steady inter change of fire. It is rumored that relief is near. The usual Sunday truce enabled the gar- rison to continue playing cricket matches. M. Shete, a native chief southward, has broken out against the Boers. There was heavy firing in the direction of his chief kraal March 22 An Irish-American trooper of the pro- tectorate has deserted the British. A re- ward of £50 has been offered for his cap- ture, dead or alive - CHEERS FREE STATERS AND ARRAIGNS BRITONS PRETORIA, April 2—In his speech at the opehing of the Free State Raad, Pres- ident Steyn declared in spite of the sur- rentder of Bloemfontein he had not lost hope of the triumph of the republican cause. The war, he said, was forced upon the Transvaal, and nothing remained for the Orange Free State but to throw In its lot with its little sister republic in accord- ance with the terms of the treaty. The war, he continued, was begun with the object of maintaining with arms the in- dependence bought with the blood of the forefathers of the nation and had been so | sians are making strenuous e ese fleet will be engaged. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 5. tated by press. On Mareh 24 a Japanese battles! nelghborhood of Hakkaido. hurt, but before returning fired several A report comes from Newchwang that night on the rallway in order to compl of the Impertal Chinese Railway, and t RUSSIA AND JAPAN PREPARING FOR WAR Port Arthur Being Filled With Supples at Panic Prices, While the Mikado Calls Out Naval Reserve for Service. Without any warning the R pedo against the battleship, but missed aim and the Js that the chief engineer has gone to Peking to try to arrange for the purchs HANGHAI .April 5—The ominous preparations of the Russian and Japanese War Departments continue. The Rus- fforts to fill Port Arthur with grain, even at panic prices, and are importing quantities of wheat from Northern China. Japan has called out her navdl reserves for service during the approaching maneuvers, when the entire Japan- AN ENCOUNTER ON THE HIGH SEAS. Advices from the Orlent state that the war toward which Russts and Japan are believed to be drifting was almost precipi- an Incident which Japanese officials have vainly endeavored to sup- n crulser in the harged a tor- caped un- hip encountered shots at her as: the Russians ete up to the Amur as soon as po: hat Yingkok (Newchwang) will be pro- | claimed a Russlan possession in the spring. The forts are being repaired, which command the entrance to the river, whi ch were destroyed by the Japanese. successful that it had caused the greatest wonder throughcut the world and even to the Boers themselves. | After paying a tribute to the memory of General Joubert, President Steyn said that the British, notwithstanding their overwhelming numbers, were violating the flag of trude and the red cross, and he was compelled to report the matter to the neutral powers. The President further remarked that the attempt to create dissensions among the bur; rs by the issuing of proclama- tions h failed. Referring to the cor- respondence between the South African | P idents and Lord Salisbury, President Steyn p were those ef- forts made but the republ had dis- patched a deputation to Europe and America to bring the influence of neutral | powers in order to secure a cessation of the bloodshed, and I greatly desire t these efforts be crowned with success the government had a tempora loan with the Tra President Stey concluded with prayer that the Free State be preserved from being forced to give up its dearly loved independence, g 5.~ T 'BATTLE IS FOUGHT ‘ AT BOSMAI KOP| | LONDON, April 6.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “General Clement's division, 6000 strong, has arrived from the southward and has encamped five wiles porth ot the “eity, after a continuous march for a fortnight. There is no danger of a water famine here. | An unimportant engagement lasting several hours was fought yesterday after- noon *at Bosmai Kop, between the Boer and British outposts. ““At a meeting of the Army Temperance | Association Monday Lord Roberts made | | a speech, urging the soldlers to join the | club. He eulogized their splendid work, adding that the entire army had been | members of the association while along the Modder River, as water was all they had to drink and sometimes there was very little of that.” ARTILLERY FIRE HEARD. LONDON, April 6.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, telegraphing | | Wednesday, ¢ “The Boers showed In | | some force yesterday, with three guns, | toward Bushmans Kop. Detached groups i { After a aving that leader was among the killed. 'Six of the | British forces, including two officers, were | wounded, only one being seriously hurt. | The scene of the battle was eight miles on_the Burmah side of the frontier. On March 8 thre | M."S. Woodcock, cruising went for a walk among the of Shashi and lost thelr w: set upon by the villagers, ¢ ground and flogged. They were then con- demned t0 be beheaded, but were rescued with great difficulty t as the death sentence was about to be enforced. by ATTEMPTS SUICIDE | Started to Leap From the Roof of Her Boarding-House, but Was Caught in Time. NEW ORLEANS, April 5.—Mrs. Vac- i, wife of the Italian doctor from San | ancisco, both of whom attempted sui- cide ade another attempt to | kil seeking to leap from the roof of her boarding ho caught in time. She was ing to the couple have been deposited in a bank by the Italian Consul, who had them sent to a private Insane asylum. | NETHERSOLE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY THE JURY Very Probable That the Interrupted Scenes of “Sapho” Will Now Be Resumed. NEW YORK, April 5 —! Olga Neth- | ersole and Hamilton Revelle, actors; Mar- | cus R. Mayer, manager of Miss Nether sole, and Theodore Mo manager o Wallack's Theater, were to-day found not guilty of maintaining a public nuisance in presenting the drama of “Sapho.” The charge to the jury by Judge Fursman of the criminal branch of the Supreme Court was highly favorable to the accused, and the jury were only out twelve minutes. It is’announced that the interrupted sea- son of the play in this city will be re- sumed. | o MRS. DEWEY’S FAITH IN ADMIRAL’'S POPULARITY | Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHIN — Admiral leclare himself | e at this time Dewey which Mrs it it was o rcessary for a willingness to be Presi- at he would sweep Into the | by an idea, with him, t him to expr: dent and th shared | White House on a wave of popular enthu- skirmished up to our outposts, but this morning shows that the desire to sweep further around to the right of | Bloemfontein. Early to-day artillery fire in the south was audible.” —— DEATHS AMONG PRISONERS. LONDON, Aprfl 5.—In the House of | Commons to-day Mr. Wyndham, Parlia- mentary Secretary of the War Office, re- ng to a question relative to the Boer | oners at Simonstown, said the deaths ore far exceeded the deiths on board ship. He added that 2000 additional Boer | prisoners would be dispatched to St.| Helena forthwith. e L { NOT SALISBURY’S SON. LONDON, April 5.—It is thought the officer named Cecll captured at Ramath- | 1abama is not Lord Salisbury’s son, Lord Cecll. The dispatch says he belonged to Colonel Plumer's forces, and if the Boers had captured the - Premier's son they would assuredly herald the fact. - JAMESON VERY ILL. CAPE TOWN, April 5—Dr. Jameson, the leader of the famous rald into the Transvaal territory, has arrived here. He is very ilL COLLINS JUMPS FROM A MOVING TRAIN Seattle Bank Robber Risks His Life to Gain a Few Minutes’ Liberty. ROSEBURG, Ore., April 5.—John Col- lins, the Seattle bank robber, while in charge of Deputy Sheriffs Mc¢Leod and Brown, entered a Pullman car toflet- room, near Union Creek, last night, cut the bell cord, and jumped off shackled. Fhe train had run three mMes before the guards could signal to stop. They re- turned to Union Creek and captured Col- lins under a section-house. CHINESE VERY HOSTILE TO ALL FOREIGNERS Instigated by Russian Suggestions, Make Trouble for the British on the Frontier. VANCOUVER, April 5.—Oriental papers state that Chinese official enmity toward foreigners is being specially ~directed | against British citizens In China. Insti- | gated, it is said, by Russian suggestions, the Chinese have lately been especially troublesome on the Burmah-Chinese fron- tier, where a medical officer and an as- sistant Commissioner were murdered. A story is brought by the Empress of Japan from Yokohama to-day of a series of ad- | ditional Chinese raids on the Burmah boundary, culminating in & battle between 1800 Chinese and seventy-five military po- lice under District Superintendent, Hertz of Ranfoom ‘The Indian military police, with forty Gurkahs, attacked the main body of the Chinese, killing eighty-four and capturing guns, jingals and banners. The Chinese | miral’'s marriage and the transfer of his The criticlsm growing out of the ad- house proved a temporary damper, .but he soon began to receive letters from all parts of the country—from men, many of | them without gr tical influence—in which the writers named him as their | choice for President. | The admiral also felt that he had not been treated just right by the administra- tion and was quite willing to make the re- election of President McKinley less prob- able. Then came the Southern trip with enthusiastic receptions at every stop along the line and many references to the Presi- dency. Encouraged by the attitude of the anti-Bryan men, it is said, he believed he could stampede thé Kansas City conven- | | tlon and go into the campaign as a reg- ular Democratic nominee. Politiclans regard his nomination by either party as out of the question, but in some quarters it is thought possible that he may yvet be taken up as a third party candidate, with the hope of drawing the support of the gold Democrats,and of such Republicans as are dissatisfied with the administration for any cause. Ll QUAKER DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN HARRISBURG, Pa.; April 5.—The sixty- | four delegates from Pennsylvania to the | National Democratic Convention in Kan- | sas City were instructed by to-day’s State | Convention to support W. J. Bryan for | President. They are bound by the unit | rule and cannot change to any other | Presidential aspirant unless it be so de- | cided by a majority of the delegation. | The platform strongly Indorses Bryan's | candidacy; - denounces the war policy of the McKinley administration and advo- | cates numerpus State reforms. The fol- lowing ticket was nominated: | Auditor General, P. G. Meek of Center | County; Congressmen-at-large, Harry E. | Grimm of Bickes County M. Edwards | of Williamsport; electors-at-large, Gen- | eral A. F. Cofroth of Somerset, Otto Gei- mer of Erie. Francis Shunk Brown of Philadelphia, Andrew Kaul of Elk. The platform begins with a demand for a careful and thorough revision of the | tariff and declgres in favor of such dutles only s are necessary for an cconomical administration of public affairs. It de- | mands the removal of all duties which protect trusts. Faithful enforcement of the anti-trust act of 1890 is demanded and | opposition to what is termed the imperial- | ism of the present administration is an- | nounced. Home rule for the Filipinos un- | der the Srolecflon of the United States | is favored. be withdrawn from Cuba and that Con- | gress observe the fledlge made to that | people. Free trade for Porto Rico is also | demanded. il WOODRUFF INDORSED. ALBANY, N. Y., April 5.—The Republi- can Senators in ‘caucus to-day indorsed the candidacy of Lieutenant Governor ‘Woodruff for Vice President. MRS. VACCARI AGAIN ‘e T ticket would sweep the country, asked | DEWEY NOW SjYS: | vlew to nearly a dozen newspaper men. 1t is demanded that the army | ! DEWEY'S WIFE NAMES A NATIONAL TICKET Ambitious Better Half of the Admiral Selects Roosevelt for Her Hus- band's Running Mate. | | B R D AR SR SRR SRR SR Y * - 3 e 3 + MRS, GEORGE DEWEY, the Ambitious Wife of the , ;4 Admiral. : follow- HILADELPHIA, April 5—The Inquirer prints th ing: FOR PRESIDENT—GEORGE DEWEY. FOR VICE PRESIPENT—GOVERNOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Such is the ticket planned by Mrs. Dewey, the only person who up to date has shown any inclination to assume the management of the admiral’s campaign. 8 It is stated on good authority that the ife of the admiral pro- ent wave with which such posed the idea to a sister of Governor Roc It during a visit to New York, and picturing to her her to persuade the Gov- ernor to consent to such an arrangement. WILLING TO RUN ON INDEPENDENT TICKET. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, April §— Satisfled from the expressions obtained by the Herald from nat 1 committee- men that his nomination by the Democrats at Kansas City is unlikely, Admiral Dewey stands willing to run for the Presidency on an independent ticket. This was made clear by the statements of the admiral to his friends this morning be- fore he left the city, but he has declined for the present to make a public laration to this effect. Since his announcement as the people’s candidate has, in conversation with friends who desired to know his politics, stated that he is a Cleveland Democrat. In conversaton with a cal s morning he declared that he had never voted in his iife, and had no decide ral views until Mr. Cleveland's last nomination. He was then so strongly ed with the man and the platform adopted by the Democratic par te ted to go to his home in Vermont and cast his vate for Mr. C able to do s0, however, because of his official duties at the time. | Dewey has admitted to friends that he was encouraged to enter the group of sound money Democrats. Some of the Cleveland Cabinet and other men identified with the Palmer »f 1896 are understood to be supporting the admiral's candidacy. Their p! prevent Mr. Bryan from obtaining the Democratic nomination at Kans: sible. The main object of Admiral Dewey's candidac at McKinley. admiral resents certain events which have occurred f h he hol dent and his political advisers responsible. The adm Hanna feared the possibility of his becoming a rival « he has proof by the attitude of the Ohio Senator With extended to him to visit Cleveland and Chicago. will admit he is not much of a politician, comm all parts of the country make him con nt tha! McKinley have excellent reasons for fea the e to the administration, therefore, may be accepted as « termined him to become a candidate for the White Ho prefer the nomination by the regular Democ conferred on him he would look for a platform money Democrats, brought up to date by the insert expansion, the status of the new dependencies, th and other questions which he thinks the people Those who favor the admiral breaking awaj that the resuit would be that he would draw more vote: he would from Bryan. Practical politicians here appreciate that th of the admiral's announcement of his candidacy cannot be esti th views of the argricultural communities of the Northwest, West and Southwest are learned. In these regions hero-worship is slow to disappear and the senti- ment among the farmers may count for a great deal in reducing the vote upon which McKinley’s managers are depending. Had the admiral announced imme- diately after his return from Manila that he would be a Presidential candidate he would have had a respectable following, perhaps at Philadelphia and cer- tainly at Kansas City, and the farmers would undoubtedly have largely con- tributed to his support. They still have @inal voice, however, at the polls next November and they may then be heard from in support of the naval candidate. Were the election to take place at this time, when the farmers are indignant at the administration and Congress for their policy toward Porto Rico, it is likely that many of the radical Republicans of the. northwestern prairie States would rather cast their votes for an independent candidate than for McKinley, who has failed to observe what he declared was his “plain duty.” There is no doubt that the. Republican managers have considered this aspect of the matter, and while they may not be willing to concede the fact, they are undoubtedly worried at the probability that as an independent candidate Dewey may be able to dig a pretty deep pit for Republican prospects. pe The r wh he admiral's ho: f the factors wh Admiral Dewey . Should t of him to expre from the regular parties believe from McK to any conference between him and Gres ver Cleveland, William C. Whitney or any other political men of prominence were answered with the same phrase: “I came here to attend the concert.” DEWEY'S RELATIVES SAY HE'S A REPUBLICAN BURLINGTON, Vt., April 5.—Hon. Red- fleld Proctor, “projector,” or one might say. godfather of Dewey's infantile Presi- dential “boom,” which was launched im- mediately after the admiral's return from Mantla, and all the relatives and friends of the admiral were thrown into constern- “I AM A DEMOCRAT.” PHILADELPHIA, April 5.—The second and last orchestral concert in aid of the families of the soldiers and sailors who were killed in the Philippine Islands was given at the Academy of Music this even- ing. The overshadowing feature of the occasion was the presence of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, who came from Washington for the purpose of lending their aid to the concert by their attendance. At the Bellevue Hotel, after the con- cert, Admiral Dewey granted an inter- He said he was glad to receive the re- porters, but added that he had nothing to say. At this moment Mrs. Dewey joined her husband in the reception-room and after introducing her he sald: J “Mrs. Dewey will talk,” to which she replied, with a smile, “The admiral has a mind of his own; he thinks for himself." “Are you correctly reported tc be a Democrat?’ the admiral was asked, and after a moment's hesitation he replied: “Yes, I think I can answer that. Yes, am a Demecrat.” “If the Republicans nominate McKin- ley and the Democrats nominate Bryan | for the Presidency would you run inde- endently 2" P Won't answer that.” “The Democratic convention of Penn- sylvania has just indorsed Bryan for the Presidency,” was suggested by one re- porter, to which the admiral replied: “Pennsylvania usually goes Republican, | expansion. Certain it nggem o be doesn't 1t?” | the convention on the 15th will be Several questions in guick succession as | passingly interesting. when they read their hero's announce- ment: “I am a Democrat.” “Land sakes, we all thought he was a Republican,” declared these good, pilous New Englanders. It is reported quietly that they will hold a meeting and decide upon a line of conduct. When Admiral Dewey came home last fall the appearance of a wey boom for President was seen at Montpelier on the same day it was recognized at Wash- ington. The Hon. Redfield Proctor, then with Dewey in the 1'agllf)l of his native State, woulid not deny his interest in and for a Dewey boom. The Dewey family is for the G. O. P., and Dewey, though never an active voter, it is held, cannot logically depart from inherited political traditions. He cannot be anti-expansionist, when hi; | own deeds gave the first impetus towa: that sur- ation and a condition bordering on panic